The Friday Playlist: It might get loud

A friend of mine is directing a play shortly and earlier in the week we were chatting about music he could use for the beginning of the show. He was looking for a song whose opening bars were a loud blast of music to arrest the audience’s attention. With that discussion in mind I’ve put a few of the songs I came up with into this week’s Spotify playlist.

I’ve never really been into big 70s rock, so much of my thoughts focussed on artrock of the 80s and 90s, with a few more recent additions. Then, mainly for variety, I threw in a Philip Glass piece as it does have a pretty kick-ass opening.

Any suggestions for other tracks with loud beginnings? From electro or hip-hop or classical? Pop them in the comments section below.

Here’s the tracklist

The Wrong Way – TV on the Radio
Only Shallow – My Bloody Valentine
Come Together – Spiritualized
Freak Out – Liars
Ca Plane Pour Moi – Sonic Youth
Plaster Casts Of Everything – Liars
Sugarcube – Yo La Tengo
Boyfriend – Best Coast
Death Valley ‘69 – Sonic Youth
Feed Me With Your Kiss – My Bloody Valentine
Release The Bats – The Birthday Party
Symphony No 8: Movement 1 – Philip Glass

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  Try Tide by DogState. You can listen to this track on myspace. Just Google dogstateband to find their page on myspace where there are free downloads of their music. Tide is a real thumping attention grabber.

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